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noun
Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chromosome, structure
noun
any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: somatic chromosome
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chromosome
History
From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
